Lhx6 delineates a pathway mediating innate reproductive behaviors from the amygdala to the hypothalamus

Neuron

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 647-660

  Choi, Gloria B ^a   Dong, Hong Wei ^c,d   Murphy, Andrew J ^b   Valenzuela, David M ^b   Yancopoulos, George D ^b   Swanson, Larry W ^c   Anderson, David J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZONA INCERTA;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOLERA TOXIN; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; ODORS; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STILBAMIDINES; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; URINE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 20444405048     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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